the white house that it ll take three to four days to get the roughly-6,000 troops and remaining embassy staff out of kabul. that would mean the u.s. would need to start moving troops out by the end of this week in order to meet that august the 31st deadline. a spokesperson for the taliban told sky news yesterday that the united states would be crossing a redline if the biden administration kept troops in august past that date. here s what national security adviser, jake sullivan, told reporters yesterday when he was asked about the deadline. as i said, we are engaging with the taliban. consulting with the taliban on every aspect of what s happening in kabul right now. on what s happening at the airport. on how we need to ensure that there is facilitated passage to the airport for american citizens, sivs, third-country nationals, and so forth. we ll continue those conversations with them.
for that. tomorrow as the g7 summit, pushing for an extension to the 31st deadline. let s bring to our north america editorjon sopel. in cornwall, it was all smiles but i can imagine it will be different tomorrow. it can imagine it will be different tomorrow can imagine it will be different tomorrow. , ., , tomorrow. it will be virtual, in cornwall we tomorrow. it will be virtual, in cornwall we were tomorrow. it will be virtual, in cornwall we were talking - tomorrow. it will be virtual, in | cornwall we were talking about how aligned the european leaders were and a sigh of relief at a more conventional us president, but he has pulled the rug from under a lot of afghan people and a lot of the allies with the most scant consultation and i think critical to tomorrow s discussions would be the issue of whether they are going to
independent difficult situations, and it changing literally by the hour, and it changing literally by the hour, but and it changing literally by the hour, but we must extend this august the 31st hour, but we must extend this august the 31st deadline. let s not forget that this the 31st deadline. let s not forget that this is the 31st deadline. let s not forget that this is a domestic deadline made that this is a domestic deadline made some months ago to fit in with the american domestic agenda. so they can the american domestic agenda. so they can say mission accomplished by they can say mission accomplished by the anniversary of 9/11. it was not based the anniversary of 9/11. it was not based on the anniversary of 9/11. it was not based on the situation on the ground that we based on the situation on the ground that we are based on the situation on the ground that we are now seeing as completely chaotic that we are now seeing as completely chaotic the that
united deadline by the president of the united states. as we have just read, the tatihan united states. as we have just read, the taliban have told the bbc today, it witi the taliban have told the bbc today, it will he the taliban have told the bbc today, it will he a the taliban have told the bbc today, it will be a clear violation if the august it will be a clear violation if the august the 31st deadline where to be extended august the 31st deadline where to be extended. it s not quite as simple as that extended. it s not quite as simple as that. the taliban and want the west as that. the taliban and want the west out as that. the taliban and want the west out so that they can continue introducing west out so that they can continue introducing their ruthless interpretation of sharia law. that s why they interpretation of sharia law. that s why they want us, the back of us. our priority why they want us, the back of us. our priority must be to those 0ur priority mu
from afghanistan grows more chaotic, president biden is under pressure to extend the deadline for the u.s. exit. ultimately, it will be the president s decision how this proceeds, no one else s. reporter: biden is considering extending the august 31st deadline, but a taliban spokesman is pushing back, saying the u.s. must adhere to removing troops by august 31st. otherwise it will be a clear violation. biden spoke with british prime minister boris johnson today. and tomorrow he ll meet virtually with leaders of g7 nations who want that deadline extended. all i m going to say is that the president continues to consult with the prime minister and our other allies on how this evacuation should proceed from here. and he ll ultimately make the determination. reporter: officials still haven t said exactly how many americans are left in afghanistan. i think i m just going to leave it at several thousand right now, dave. reporter: national security adviser jake sullivan says he s c